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Ifelodun, Kwara

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Ifelodun, Kwara State
igbomina
Yoruba
Nickname(s): 
babanloma,ifelodun
Country Nigeria
StateKwara State
SHAREbabanloma
Time zoneUTC+1 (WATGMT)
Area code004

Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Share. The people of Ifelodun are Yorubas and mostly of Igbomina origin with roots in Ife, Oyo and Ketu. much of Ifelodun domain was overtaken by the Afonja/Alimi era and annexed to the present Ilorin enclave.

It has an area of 3,435 km² and a population of 206,042 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 241.[1] It includes at least 43 villages and towns.

Religion

There are three main religious groups,

  1. Christianity

References

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

2. bello olakunle 2014, My Living Testimony as native of Share, Ifelodun LGA, Kwara State